Holle Bolle Gijss
11-15-2012, 10:25 PM
$1.5million of iPad minis stolen from JFK cargo depot which was site of GoodFellas heist
-Around 3,600 of the minis, intended for China and worldwide, were taken during the raid
-It is exactly the same building raided during the Lufthansa heist, which inspired the Scorcese gangland film
Brazen thieves have stolen $1.5m worth of Apple iPad minis from the JFK airport cargo hold - the same site as the 1978 Lufthansa heist which inspired mob film GoodFellas.
The crooks, who used the airport's own forklift to shift the haul of two pallets of tablet computers into a nearby truck, struck shortly before midnight on Monday.
It is exactly the same building that $5million in cash and nearly $900,000 worth of jewellery was stolen from on December 11, 1978 during the heist.
The robbery has been ranked as America's largest haul of cash ever.
The thieves could have stolen more, the New York Post reports, but they drove off leaving three more pallets of the Apple tablets behind after they were challenged by an airport worker returning from a break.
A source told the paper: 'So, as a caper goes, it was probably unsuccessful'
Police have since been questioning airport workers and given three of them lie detector tests, the sources said.
The possibility of an inside job has not been ruled out.
It is believed the thieves arrived at Building 261 around 11pm, in a white tractor trailer marked with the name CEVA on the side, it has been reported.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/15/article-2233343-15E0E871000005DC-284_306x387.jpg
Brazen: Thieves made off $1.5m worth of Apple iPad minis from the JFK airport cargo hold - the same site as the 1978 Lufthansa heist which inspired mob film Goodfellas
Pfff who wants 'm anyways?
-Around 3,600 of the minis, intended for China and worldwide, were taken during the raid
-It is exactly the same building raided during the Lufthansa heist, which inspired the Scorcese gangland film
Brazen thieves have stolen $1.5m worth of Apple iPad minis from the JFK airport cargo hold - the same site as the 1978 Lufthansa heist which inspired mob film GoodFellas.
The crooks, who used the airport's own forklift to shift the haul of two pallets of tablet computers into a nearby truck, struck shortly before midnight on Monday.
It is exactly the same building that $5million in cash and nearly $900,000 worth of jewellery was stolen from on December 11, 1978 during the heist.
The robbery has been ranked as America's largest haul of cash ever.
The thieves could have stolen more, the New York Post reports, but they drove off leaving three more pallets of the Apple tablets behind after they were challenged by an airport worker returning from a break.
A source told the paper: 'So, as a caper goes, it was probably unsuccessful'
Police have since been questioning airport workers and given three of them lie detector tests, the sources said.
The possibility of an inside job has not been ruled out.
It is believed the thieves arrived at Building 261 around 11pm, in a white tractor trailer marked with the name CEVA on the side, it has been reported.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/15/article-2233343-15E0E871000005DC-284_306x387.jpg
Brazen: Thieves made off $1.5m worth of Apple iPad minis from the JFK airport cargo hold - the same site as the 1978 Lufthansa heist which inspired mob film Goodfellas
Pfff who wants 'm anyways?